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GARMENT FASTENING.

APPLICATION men NOV. a. 1916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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JULIUS WEIL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application fiIed November 6, 1916. Serial No. 129,675.

ib oZZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Jumps lVnIL, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of l-ennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Garment-Fastenings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characte s on the drawings representing like parts.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to garment fastenings of the eyelet type, wherein the knob or other enlargen'lent secured to one of the parts to be fastened together, and the knob-receiving eyelet member is secured to the other of the parts to be secured together. In these devices, it is of importance that the fastening member which receives the knob or other part shall be secured directly to the garment by sewing the member to the garment without perforating the latter. It is also of importance that the portion which receives the knob of the fastening shall be resilient, but in c0nstructions heretofore made, the knob-receiving opening members have been so formed that while they would accommodate the knob of the fastening, their resiliency would soon be destroyed, and the parts of the knob receiving member would become easily distorted and speedily rendered useless.

An important feature of the present invention, therefore, consists of a resilient fastening member made of a single piece of wire which is bent to form a substantially circular base or marginal portion having the ends of the wire extending substantially diametrically of the base and provided with a knob-receiving opening between them, the terminals of the end portions being bent around the base portion and supported and guided thereby as the end portions are moved toward and from each other. In order that the parts shall be further held from distortion, the end portions are intertwisted between the base portion and the knob-receiving portion, the effect being that the end portions of the resilient Wire will move about a center between the marginal or base portion and the knob-receiving or central portion of the fastening member.

These features of the invention, as well as others, will more fully hereinafter appear in connection with the accompanying drawings which show a good, practical form of the invention.

a slightly modified form of the fastening member;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the modified form of the fastening member;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5; and

Figs. 7 and 8 are side elevations and plan views respectively, of the knob or ball portion of the garment fastening.

In the drawings, the fabric 1 has secured thereto, the resilient fastening member formed of wire which is sewed directly to one face of the fabric. The resilient fastening member 2 is formed of wire and is bent into a substantially circular form, as indicated in Fig. 2, the end portions of the wire being extended transversely of the circular portion. Where the transverse portions 3 come together at 4, in the formation of the circular or base portion 2, the transverse portions are twisted together as at 5 and are provided with the bends 6 to receive the stud portion of the fastening member. By thus twisting the transverse members together at 5, it will be noted that the spring action of the transverse members takes place about a point between the stud: receiving bend portions 6 and the circular marginal portion 2, thereby enhancing the security of the spring action and preventing distortion of the transverse members beyond the limit of their elasticity.

As indicated in Fig. 2, one transverse member 3* overlaps the other transverse member 3 and at the opposite side of the stud-receiving opening or bend 6, the member which overlapped at the opposite side of the opening, here underlaps, that is, the member 3* overlaps the member 3 at one side of the stud opening and underlaps the memher 3 at the opposite side, the effect being that the overlapping and underlapping of the transverse members enables them to be held relatively in proper contacting relation.

Each of the transverse members 3 and 8*- is provided at its terminal with a hook 7 by being bent around the circular marginal portion 2, the effect being that as the transverse members 3 and 3 are moved toward and from each other, their terminal portions are supported and guided by the marginal circular portion of the fastening member.

In order that the fastening member may besecnred directly to the surface of the fastening member 1 without perforating the fabric, the marginal or circular portion 2 may be sewed as at 8, to the fabric 1. The hook portion 7 at the terminals of the transverse members are suiiiciently elongated to allow the transverse members to move in paths about their twisted portions on the opposite side of the stud-receiving opening 6 as will be readily understood from the dotted and full line position indicated in Fig. 2.

The stud which is to be received by the bent portion (3 of the transverse members, may be of any suitable character, such, for instance, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, wherein the stud 9 is supported upon a base 10 which may be secured to the face of the fabric without perforating the same, as by means of holes 11 in the base portion, through which a sewing thread may be passed.

In Figs. 4-, 5 and 6, a slightly modified form of the resilient fastening member is shown, wherein the base portion 2 has the diametrically-extending transverse portions which are twisted together by a single turn as at 12, at one side of the stud-receiving opening. 011 the other side of the fastening the transverse members are not twisted together, but are provided with the hook 7 substantially as in the preferred form of the invention, which is supported and guided by the circular portion 2 of the fastening.

From the construction described, both in the preferred and modified forms of the invention, it will be apparent that the resilient fastening member is provided by a single piece of wire bent into circular form to form a base securing portion and transverse end portions which are twisted together between the circular base portion 2 and the stud-receiving opening; and the terminals of the end portions are secured to the circular portions 2 by which the terminals are supported and guided as they are moved toward and from each other in drawing the knob portion and the resilient fastening portion of the fastening to and from cooperative relation. In Fig. 4 the modified form of fastening member as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, is shown secured to the surface of the fabric 1 as by means of the stitches 8, substantially as in Fig. 1.

W rat is claimed is 1. A resilient fastening member for garments made of a single piece of wire bent to form marginal securing edges of substantially circular outline by which it may be sewed directly to a fabric, the end portions of the wire extending across the circular marginal portion and having the terminals thereof bent around the marginal portion to be supported by and guided on a circular marginal portion as the terminals are moved relative in directions of approach and separation, the said end portions being bent to form a stud-receiving opening and intertwisted at one side of the stud receiving opening between the marginal securing edges and the stud-receiving portion.

2. A resilientfastening member for garments made of a resilient wire bent into a substantially circular securing base, the end portions of the wire being extended diametrically of the circular base and having the te'minals bent about the circular base portion to be supported by and guided on a circular marginal portion as the terminals are moved toward and from each other, the end portions being bent to form a stud-receiving opening and intertwisted between the central opening and the circular securing base.

3. A resilient fastening member for garments formed of a single piece of wire bent into substantially circular form and having diametrically extending end portions provided with terminals bent about the circular portion to be supported and guided thereby as the terminals are moved toward and from each other, the end portions being formed with a central stud receiving opening, and crossed or overlapped at each side of the central opening within the circular portion.

i. A resilient fastening member for garments formed of a single piece of wire bent into substantially circular form and having diametrically extending end portions provided wit-h terminals bent about the circular portion to be supported and guided thereby as the terminals are moved toward and from each other, the end portions being formed with a central stud-receiving opening and overlapped and underlapped respectively between the circular portion at opposite sides of the central stud-receiving opening.

in testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS WEIL. lVitnesses E. G. RHoADs, EDGAR C. VAN DYKE.

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